What is it, the biggest mushroom in the world?

In China, scientists have found the largest fungus, which belongs to the Ternian (F. Ellipsoidea). The weight of its fruit body is about 500 kg, the length of the macromycete reaches about 10 meters, and in width - about 80 cm. According to preliminary estimates, its age is at least 20 years. It contains 450 million spores.

Trutoviki are fungi that grow on wood and soil. Outwardly they differ from the "classical" macromycetes. Their fruit bodies, as a rule, are rigid and flat plates. Discovered in China, the largest fungus mushroomed for a long time growing under the ground, so it remained hidden from the eyes. This allowed macromycete to grow to such huge sizes. The scientists who found the mushroom say that there are a lot of trutnovs in that area, but no one has ever found such giant specimens. They claim that they simply studied the local macromycetes and accidentally stumbled upon a strange brown hill. With a more detailed study, he turned out to be a huge rubbish.

However, biologists have discovered the largest fungus in the relict forests of the United States. He is considered the largest living creature on the planet. However, if the reader imagines a mushroom the size of a cottage, then he is disappointed. Macromycetum honey or dark honey (Armillaria ostoyae) easily fits in the hand and is not too noticeable. The whole thing is in the area of the mycelium, which grew over the Oregon forests for about 2500 years, destroying the root systems of trees on its way. Therefore, the fungus is considered a monster. Its mycelium, which is a single organism, occupied 880 hectares of the area of one of the national parks in Oregon. Its tentacles are located under the ground and entangle territory equal in size to 1,665 football fields. Therefore, this macromycete is considered to be the largest on the planet.

Of course, many will be interested in the question, is it possible to eat the largest mushroom? Oregon biologist Tina Dreisbach argues that honey honey is edible. However, there is a "monster" she would not advise. Tina says that although the mushroom is called honey, it tastes absolutely not sweet, and you can eat it only with a lot of garlic and butter.

For American biologists, the main task now is to learn how to control the growth of the mycelial mushroom. Because the largest mushrooms in the world such as honeycomb can reduce the entire forest massifs. The problem also lies in the fact that macromycete has been developing for thousands of years in a natural way. Therefore, the interruption of its development may adversely affect the ecosystem of the Oregon forests. Scientists are still studying the body and are trying to predict the consequences of any actions. Photos of the largest fungus can be seen in this article.

If we talk about traditional macromycetes in the usual sense, then the leader in size can be called Macrocybe Titans, which grows in the Caribbean countries and the United States. In one of the southern Mexican states in 2007, a specimen was found, the mass of which was 20 kg, and the height - about 70 cm. However, this finding is not the only one. In 2005, a mushroom was found in the United States, the weight of which was equal to a total of 28 kilograms. Such large dimensions make this macromycete the object of close attention of the scientific community.